If Ibrahim Jaaber wants to play with the big boys, now's the time to start impressing scouts.
In the opening game of the Portsmouth Invitational last night, Jaaber logged 18 minutes and five points for the Tidewater Sealants, who lost to the Holiday Inn-Portsmouth contingent, 110-71.
Jaaber started the game, but only posted three minutes in the first half. He tallied the fewest minutes on his team, three fewer than Alan Wiggins of San Francisco. Loyola-Chicago's Blake Schilb, the Horizon League player of the year, saw the most action, playing 35 minutes.
The Ivy steals leader nabbed one last night but had two turnovers. Coming in shooting 52.5 percent, Jaaber went 2-7 from the field and also dished out a team-high five assists.
In the nightcap, 7-footer Brian Cusworth of Harvard had his turn to represent the Ivy League.
And if Jaaber thought he wouldn't see Cusworth on the court again, he was mistaken. After Cusworth's Beach Barton Ford squad fell in a tight 74-70 contest, his team will meet Jaaber's at 3:15 today in game three of the tournament.
Another move? Penn basketball coach Glen Miller's name has come up among the candidates to replace Jeff Bzdelik at Air Force.
Yesterday, the Colorado Springs Gazette listed Miller as an option, along with Falcons assistants Larry Mangino and A.J. Kuhle, Kerry Rupp of Alabama-Birmingham and recently fired Michigan coach Tommy Amaker.
Miller declined to comment on his interest or whether Air Force has contacted him about the position.
Bzdelik decided on Tuesday night to take the head coaching position at Colorado after just one year with the Falcons.
Air Force's new leader will become its third new coach in four seasons. When Joe Scott left for Princeton in 2004, Chris Mooney spent two years at the top job before moving on to Richmond in 2005.
Tying up loose ends. The Quakers' Class of 2011 may be settled, but that doesn't mean that Miller's first Penn recruits are finished building upon their high school careers.
Tyler Bernardini, a 6-foot-6 forward from San Diego, participated in the city's annual Senior All-Star game over the weekend.
Despite a team-high 21 points from Bernardini, his North team lost to the South, 121-114.
Bernardini was also named the North's MVP.
Harrison Gaines, a guard out of Serrano High School in California, finished his season with an average of 19.9 points and 5.2 assists. He was named first-team California Interscholastic Federation and played in an inter-county all-star game - San Bernardino vs. Riverside - over the weekend.
